Curriculum vitae - Becky Grass

Education:

Master of Fine Arts Degree - Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Three Dimensional Design - Southeast Missouri State University

Memberships:

Missouri Fiber Artists (MoFA)

Handweavers Guild of America

Teaching Experience:

2008 - 2016:

Adjunct Assistant Professor - Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO

Taught Introduction to Textiles class for undergraduates, which included surface design, weaving, and book arts in the Department of Art and Art History

2010 - 2011:

Adjunct Assistant Professor - Southeast Missouri State University, St. Louis, MO

Taught Introduction to Textiles and Advanced Textiles classes for undergraduates, which included surface design and weaving in the Department of Art and Design
Taught Perspectives in Art History in the Department of Art and Design

2007 - 2008:

Adjunct Assistant Professor - University of Missouri St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

Taught the Introduction to Textiles class for undergraduates, which included surface design, weaving and book arts in the Department of Art and Design

2005 – 2008:

Instructor - Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO

Instructed a variety of classes including tapestry weaving, felting, indigo workshops and children’s camps

2003 – 2005:

Instructor - Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL

Taught Introduction to Textiles class for incoming undergraduates, which included surface design, weaving and book arts

Grants/Honors/Awards:

2019:

Award of Merit - ”Material World” show, for “Soundwaves”

Contemporary Handweavers of Houston Award - “Small Expressions” show, for “Broken Home”

Award of Merit - ”Beyond Green” show, for “Thinking Green”

2005:

Friends of Art Award - Juried Graduate Exhibition - Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL

2004:

Research Grant - Funding the weaving of jacquard designed works on industrial looms - Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL

2001:

Isabel Mullholland Cramer Scholarship - Advanced weaving workshop/study with weaver Bhakti Ziek - Arrowmont School of Art and Design, Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Published Images:

2005:

Fiberarts - April / May, Volume 31, Number 5, page 34

2003:

Shuttle Spindle and Dyepot - Fall, Volume 34 Issue 136, page 18

Shows Juried/Curated:

2009:

"¡Fibra, Vive! (Fiber, It Lives!)" (curator) - September 18, 2009 - October 9, 2009 - Old Orchard Gallery, Webster Groves, MO

2004:

Scott Air Force Base Arts and Crafts Juried Exhibit (juror) - Scott Air Force Base, Belleville, IL

VISTING ARTIST / Guest Lecturer:

2013:

Guest lecturer and juror - Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO

2006:

Guest speaker - Women’s History Series - “Herstory”, Southwestern Illinois College, Belleville, IL

2005:

Visiting Artist - Advanced weaving techniques demonstration - Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO

Solo Exhibitions:

2012:

"Becky Grass" - February 29, 2012 - March 20, 2012 - River Campus Art Gallery, Cape Girardeau, MO

2006:

"Artwork by Becky Grass" - October 6, 2006 - October 31, 2006 - Gallery 100, Cape Girardeau, MO

“Layered Works” - The Gallery at University City Library, St. Louis, MO

“Woven Rhythms” - Arts Council of Southeast Missouri, Cape Girardeau, MO

2005:

“Weaving a Journey of Consciousness” MFA Exhibition - New Wagner Gallery, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL

Group Exhibitions:

(*denotes juried show)

2019:

*"Fiber Focus 2019" - September 28, 2019 - October 24, 2019 - Art St. Louis Gallery, St. Louis, MO

*"Tall and Skinny" - October 4, 2019 - December 6, 2019 - Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO

*"Material World" - September 6, 2019 - October 4, 2019 - Soulard Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO

*"Small Expressions" - July 12, 2019 - September 12, 2019 - S.E.F.A.A. Center, Chamblee, GA

*"Beyond Green" - March 15, 2019 - April 12, 2019 - Soulard Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO

2014: